City: Pulaski BALLENTINE, John Goff, retired lawyer-banker; born Pulaski, Giles County, Tenn., May 20, 1825; son of Andrew Mitchell and Mary Tuttle (Goff) BALLENTINE; Scotch-Irish descent; graduated from Wurtemburg Academy, 1841; University of Nashville 1845, and Harvard 1848; married Mary Elizabeth LAIRD, November 14, 1854; member I. O. O. F.; […]
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City: Pulaski ABERNATHY, James Polk, lawyer; born Giles Co., Tenn., June 15, 1849; son of Charles C. and Elizabeth (Dickson) ABERNATHY; Scotch descent; educated in country schools and Giles College; married first Lulu JONES, Nov. 9, 1875, second Mamie BUTLER, Nov. 24, 1891; member KuKlux; Mason, Odd Fellow, K. of […]
City: Pulaski ABERNATHY, Andrew Jackson, lawyer; born Giles Co., Tenn., Sept. 18, 1834; Scotch-Welsh descent; son of Charles C. and Susanna W. (Harris) ABERNATHY; father farmer and clerk of circuit court for 24 years; paternal grandparents William and Elizabeth (Clayton) ABERNATHY; maternal grandparents Tyree and Susanna (Swift) HARRIS; was educated […]
City: Memphis TREZEVANT, Marye Beattie, lawyer; born Memphis, Tenn., August 28, 1846; French descent; son of John Timothy and Eleanor Louisa (Beattie) TREZEVANT; father’s occupation, lawyer; paternal grandfather Dr. John T. TREZEVANT, maternal grandfather Thomas B. BEATTIE; educated in Memphis, Tenn.; married Susan K. SIMMONS, Feb. 14, 1865; Democrat; member […]
City: Rogersville FULKERSON, Francis Marion, farmer and stock dealer; born Rogersville, Tenn., Sept. 17, 1877; Scotch-Irish-Dutch descent; son of Francis Marion and Penelope (Neill) FULKERSON; father, attorney at law; paternal grandparents Abraham and Margaret L. (Vance) FULKERSON, maternal grandparents James Kane and Catherine D. (Hale) NEILL; educated at Rogersville, Tenn., […]
City: Rogersville BOWEN, Alfred Thomas, lawyer; born Hancock Co., Tenn., March 12, 1866; son of Jason Y. and Ruth A. (Lea) BOWEN; paternal grandfather Jesse BOWEN; maternal(sp) grandmother Sallie (Durham) BOWEN; maternal grandfather Archer LEA; maternal grandmother ____ (Hendrix) LEA; English descent; father’s occupation farmer; educated Sneedville, McKinney High School; […]
City: Rogersville ARMSTRONG, William Henry, physician and surgeon; born Stony Point, Tenn., Oct. 3, 1861; German-Scotch-Irish descent; son of William Lyons and Sallie Caldwell (Buren) ARMSTRONG; father, farmer and merchant; educated Sweetwater, Tenn.; graduated from Louisville Medical College, M.D., 1889, New York Polyclinic, 1898; married Sue Miller LYONS, Feb. 11, […]
City: Rockwood TURNER, James Columbus, insurance man; born Roane Co., Oct. 8, 1860; Irish descent; son of Wm. C. and Louise J. (Smith) TURNER; father farmer; educated Burritt College, Spencer, Tenn.; married Mary Lee BARNETT, March 24, 1898; began his business career as bookkeeper in mercantile business; Republican; member I.O.O.F., […]
City: Rockwood TANNER, Joseph D., banker; born Logan Co., Ky., Jan. 18, 1864; son of Alexander B. and Catherine (Hill) TANNER; father, dealer in tobacco; Scotch-Irish descent; educated Rochester (Ky.) High School; began his business career as merchant; was later Circuit Court Clerk Butler Co., Ky.; married Georgia B. PREWITT, […]
City: Paris SWEENEY, James, Co. Court Clerk; born Henry Co., Tenn., Nov. 30, 1864; son Calvin and Hannah (Check) SWEENEY; Scotch-Irish descent; father is retired manufacturer and Union Veteran; married Mattie B. JOYNER May 19, 1898; member W. O. W. (Past Consul Commander); Co. Court Clerk Aug. 1906-1910; re-elected 1910 […]
City: Paris SPICER, James R., funeral director; born Humphreys Co., Tenn., Sept. 10, 1858; Irish descent; son of Charley and Eliza (Long) SPICER; father was a farmer; educated Edgewood Normal College on Yellow Creek, Dickson Co., Tenn.; began his career as clerk and office boy for Dan RICE at Tennessee […]
A well-to-do and leading business man of Obion, as a man who has in more than one line given worthy public service, and as a member of organizations that tend toward the betterment of humanity, L. A. Ward is one whose life is of interest to historian and reader. Of […]
The Reverend Charles Henry CLARK, whose church in Nashville, Tennessee is the hostess of the National Baptist Convention for 1913, is one of the really great and interesting characters of the National Baptist Convention. He was born October 15, 1855, in Christian County, Kentucky. His father was unknown to him, […]
City: Paris LANKFORD, Alexander H., born Carroll Co., Tenn., Oct. 25, 1842; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Henry and Sarah (Hamilton) LANKFORD; his father was a farmer; grandson of Thomas LANKFORD, Indian fighter; maternal grandfather James HAMILTON, soldier of the Revolution; was educated in the country schools of Henry Co.; married […]
City: Paris KRIDER, Clement V., contractor; born Massillon, Ohio, May 16, 1863; son of Benjamin F. and Eliza A. (Shilling) KRIDER; German descent; educated in common schools of Whittey Co., Ind., and graduated from the Gandy Private School for Boys May 20, 1884; married Dora C. GRIGER Oct. 4, 1891; […]
City: Paris JANES, E. W., farmer; born Henry Co., Tenn., in 1863; son of E. M. and Rebecca (Shell) JANES; received his education in the common schools; married twice, first to A. E. BUSBY, 1881; second L. P. WESCOTT, 1894; he began farming early in life and has always lived […]
City: Paris DIGGS, Pleasant James farmer; born Henry Co., Tenn., Nov. 10, 1833; English-Irish descent; son of Benj. H. and Mary Barly (Erwin) DIGGS; his father was a farmer; received education in the common schools of Henry Co., and Andrew College, Trenton, Tenn.; he taught school until the war; married […]
City: Paris COMPTON, Robert Haywood, Sheriff of Henry Co.; born Orange Co., N. C., June 20, 1866; son of Ingram Henderson and Julia A. (Walker) COMPTON; English descent; educated institutions of learning of Henry Co., Tenn.; father’s occupation, farmer; married Mary BELL Dec. 25, 1890; member Masonic Lodge (Marshall Lodge […]
City: Paris CALDWELL, Samuel Houston, retired physician; born Henry County, Tenn., Dec. 10, 1836; Scotch-French descent; son of R. D. and Elizabeth (Dupree) CALDWELL; father farmer and tobacco manufacturer; graduated from Cumberland University B.A., June 1855; married Mary R. THOMPSON, Dec. 24, 1860; began the practice of medicine early in […]
City: Paris BOLLING, Warner Thomas, minister; born Green Co., Ala., May 25, 1846; English descent; son of Warner Thomas and Harriett (Smith) BOLLING; his father was a planter; educateed /sic/ at Emory & Henry College, Va.; degree of D.D. conferred by University of Nashville, Tenn.; in early life he was […]